LANGLEY – The UBC Thunderbirds finished the final Women's Rugby 7s tournament of the year with a 5-0 record to go unbeaten in over the entire 2025 season, winning their third straight Canada West championship.
"It's pretty special to be undefeated," said Thunderbirds head coach
Darcy Patterson. "The 'Birds put in a lot of work over the season to prepare for that, and that was our goal, and we achieved it, so it was pretty special…Three [titles in a row] is great. And growing the game of sevens is even better."
The Thunderbirds capped off their perfect campaign with a hard-fought 24-19 win over the Victoria Vikes at Willoughby Stadium at the Langley Events Centre. It was an interesting day of matches on the rain-soaked pitch as only that final battle did not end in a shutout win for the victorious team.
UVic finished 1-1 on the day to take home second place and a Canada West silver medal, while the Trinity Western Spartans also split their matches on the day to finish the tournament at 3-2 and took home their first ever Canada West women's rugby medal with bronze.
Leading the scoring on the second day were UBC's
Adia Pye with four tries for 20 points, and
Skye Farish with two tries and three conversions for 16 points. Pye led the entire weekend in scoring with nine tries, with Farish compiling three tries and nine conversions overall.
The T-Birds started their day with a 41-0 victory over Lethbridge, which began with back-to-back tries from Pye. Farish,
Mary Sieker,
Rachel Smith and
Brooklyn Roddham all landed scores of their own as the blue and gold cruised to victory.
The final match of the tournament was much more even, as the Thunderbirds and Vikes traded tries in the first half. A missed UVic convert meant the score was 14-12 in favour of the T-Birds at the break, before the Vikes took the lead in the second period of action with their third try.
With the perfect record on the line, Pye came up clutch for her team. The UBC star scored consecutive tries for the final scores of the Canada West season, helping the T-Birds to their 15th win at 24-19.
"The win was awesome, but it was really great to see the level of play rise for the third tournament," added Patterson. "And it was really good to have a really solid game against UVic in the final."
The championship banner caps a fantastic six months for the UBC Women's Rugby program, which captured both the Canada West and U SPORTS 15s championships in the fall before taking the 7s title this weekend.
The momentum should only continue to build in 2025-26, as UBC plays host to the 2025 U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship from October 29th to November 2nd at Thunderbird Stadium.
RUGBY 7s TWU TOURNAMENT FINAL STANDINGS
| |
TEAM |
W |
L |
POINTS |
| 1 |
UBC |
5 |
0 |
10 |
| 2 |
Victoria |
4 |
1 |
8 |
| 2 |
Trinity Western |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| 2 |
Calgary |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 5 |
Lethbridge |
1 |
4 |
2 |
| 5 |
Alberta |
0 |
5 |
1 |
All teams participating in the Series will receive competition points according to their ranking at the end of each tournament. The overall winner of the Series will be determined by the team with the most series points as set out below:
Point System: 1st Place - 10 points / 2nd Place - 8 points / 3rd Place - 6 points / 4th Place - 4 points / 5th Place - 2 points / 6th Place – 1 point
RUGBY 7s SERIES OVERALL STANDINGS
| |
TEAM |
W |
L |
POINTS |
| 1 |
UBC |
15 |
0 |
30 |
| 2 |
Victoria |
11 |
4 |
22 |
| 2 |
Trinity Western |
10 |
5 |
20 |
| 4 |
Calgary |
4 |
11 |
8 |
| 4 |
Lethbridge |
3 |
12 |
7 |
| 6 |
Alberta |
2 |
13 |
6 |
ROUND 4
Game 10: Calgary (22) vs Alberta (0)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
Calgary 12 10 22
Alberta 0 0 0
CGY try # 5 Sofia Brussoni (convert #5 Sofia Brussoni) 7-0 CGY
CGY try #6 Ember Larson (convert missed) 12-0 CGY
HALF
CGY try #5 Sofia Brussoni (convert missed) 17-0 CGY
CGY try #12 Maori de Jesus-Gilhula (convert missed) 22-0 CGY
Game 11: UBC (41) vs Lethbridge (0)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
UBC 17 24 41
Lethbridge 0 0 0
UBC try #11
Adia Pye (convert #7
Skye Farish) 7-0 UBC
UBC try #11
Adia Pye (convert missed) 12-0 UBC
UBC try #7
Skye Farish (convert missed) 17-0 UBC
HALF
UBC try #8
Mary Sieker (convert missed) 22-0 UBC
UBC try #3
Rachel Smith (convert missed) 27-0 UBC
UBC try #14 Brooke Roddham (convert #14 Brooke Roddham) 34-0 UBC
UBC try #6
Mya Koleba (convert #14 Brooke Roddham) 41-0 UBC
Game 12: Victoria (29) vs Trinity Western (0)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
Victoria 12 17 29
Trinity Western 0 0 0
VIC try #3 Remee Brown (convert missed) 5-0 VIC
VIC try #8 Emily Findlay (convert #13 Elle Douglas) 12-0 VIC
HALF
VIC try #12 Charlotte Hilton (convert missed) 17-0 VIC
VIC try #2 Olivia Newsome (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 24-0 VIC
VIC try #14 Ivy Poetker (convert missed) 29-0 VIC
ROUND 5
Game 13: Lethbridge (0) vs Calgary (17)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
Lethbridge 0 0 0
Calgary 5 12 17
CGY try #7 Makayla Joseph (convert missed) 5-0 CGY
HALF
CGY try #1 Willow Beyea (convert missed) 10-0 CGY
CGY try #15 Julia McEwen (convert #5 Julia McEwen) 17-0 CGY
Game 14: Alberta (0) vs Trinity Western (21)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
Alberta 0 0 0
Trinity Western 7 14 21
TWU try #6 Ava Van Santen (convert #4 Issy Scholtens) 7-0 TWU
HALF
TWU try #3 Danika Dool (convert #4 Issy Scholtens) 14-0 TWU
TWU try #15 Hailey Hibbs (convert #5 Jenna DeGreeff) 21-0 TWU
Game 15: UBC (24) vs Victoria (19)
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 F
UBC 14 10 24
Victoria 12 7 19
UBC try #7
Skye Farish (convert #7
Skye Farish) 7-0 UBC
VIC try #8 Emily Findlay (convert #13 Elle Douglas) 7-7 Tie
UBC try #1
Kiki Idowu (convert #7
Skye Farish) 14-7 UBC
VIC try #2 Olivia Newsome (convert missed) 14-12 UBC
HALF
VIC try #14 Ivy Poetker (convert #13 Elle Douglas) 19-14 VIC
UBC try #11
Adia Pye (convert missed) 19-19 Tie
UBC try #11 Aida Pye (convert missed) 24-19 UBC
